Failure to Launch- Red Eye MagazinePressure to perform has young men falling short. December 1, 2006
Especially strapping young men expected to be eager and able to perform with gusto anytime, anywhere, with anyone. But this demographic perceived to be perpetually in heat often encounters a different reality in the bedroom, where lifestyle and social pressure to be love-making machines are increasingly putting a damper on their game, experts say..................................click here to read full article | |||||
Toys R Us - Best of LA - LA WEEKLY
Talking Hitachi wands and surgical spreaders at the Pleasure ChestBy Gendy Alimurung
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On a Friday night, the Pleasure Chest is alive with color and light and movement. The vibe is cheerful, playful. Sales clerks Alex Morphew and Deven Hologram are showing me around. As a pair, Alex and Deven are yin and yang. Alex is calm, composed, Shiva-like, a rope of Buddhist prayer beads around her neck. Deven bops around the store with a boyish Peter Pan energy. His knowledge is giddily encyclopedic, like the top student in Advanced Placement Sex Ed. Both are forthright and articulate.
"The Way the store is set up is when you first walk in it's just cards and stuff, things that are nice and safe for anyone, not too offensive," Alex explains. "The futher you go, the more risky it gets. On the next level, you get your lubes, candles, massage oils, after that condoms, then dildos...........................................click here to read full article
These aren't your KID'S TOYS - SXE MagazineLA's The Pleasure Chest knows that adults like to play, too
Take, for instance, the aforementioned masturbator. There's such a wide variety of models to help out a guy in need.................................click here to read full article | ||
Clitoris Envy, or What I Learned in Female-Orgasm ClassThursday, September 29, 2005 - LA WEEKLYBy DAVE SHULMAN
Sex educators Courtney Cruz and Shelby Jones are conducting a one-night seminar called "The Big One!: The Truth and Lies of Female Orgasms" in a curtained-off corner of the Pleasure Chest in West Hollywood. Surrounding them, nine students - four female, four male, one journalist - sit in a semicircle of foldout chairs. On the floor between us is a makeshift coffee table with a few books and many sex toys; beside the table are two large cardboard boxes filled with no books but lots more toys. Behind our instructors, two diagrams show the female reproductive and sexual anatomy. The word clitoris is conspicuously highlighted by a large asterisk and the term Yay! | ||
